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  • Chelsea players ‘contact lawyers’ over potential departures if financial problems deepen

    Chelsea players ‘contact lawyers’ over potential departures if financial problems deepen

    Not a good week at Stamford Bridge Recent developments at Chelsea have prompted some of their players to explore potential exits from the club, a report has claimed. Despite Roman Abramovich confirming his intention to sell the Premier League club earlier in the week, Chelsea’s financial future has been plunged into uncertainty following the news […]

    4 years ago

  • John Motson reveals his top ten football matches in history

    John Motson reveals his top ten football matches in history

    Sponsored by Fanz Motson recently announced his top 5o games John ‘Motty’ Motson – who has commentated on over 2000 games on television and radio – announced his full retirement from BBC commentary in 2017. During his time in football, as both a fan and a commentator, Motty has witnessed some truly special moments. For […]

    4 years ago

  • John ‘Motty’ Motson reveals his top 50 football matches in history

    John ‘Motty’ Motson reveals his top 50 football matches in history

    Sponsored by Fanz Motty began his commentating career in 1971 John Motson, or as many know him as, Motty, boasts an infamous voice. If you’ve watched football on television at any point in the last 40 years, you’re likely to have heard him commentating on a match. Starting his career with the BBC in 1971, […]

    4 years ago

  • RugbyJOE Instagram ticket giveaway – Terms and Conditions

    RugbyJOE Instagram ticket giveaway – Terms and Conditions

    RugbyJOE Instagram ticket giveaway  The competition opens on 23rd February at 11am and closes on 24th February at 11am GMT. Competition will be live on RugbyJOE Instagram (@rugbyjoe).  1x winner will be chosen The winner will win 2 x tickets to Scotland V France (Guinness Six Nations 2022) on 26th February 2022 at BT Murrayfield, […]

    4 years ago

  • Phil Foden: What Man City midfielder’s neck tattoo says

    Phil Foden: What Man City midfielder’s neck tattoo says

    Really important news Phil Foden has a tattoo. A neck tattoo. If like us, you thought your eyes were deceiving you, don’t worry; they are not. It really is there: an actual real-tattoo, starting just behind his ear and running vertically down the side of the Stockport Iniesta™’s neck. The City youngster was first spotted […]

    4 years ago

  • Aubameyang to Barcelona looks like it might actually be happening now

    Aubameyang to Barcelona looks like it might actually be happening now

    It’s all very confusing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s proposed move to Barcelona appears to be back after a series of conflicting reports, initially claiming the move had collapsed, then that it was back on, and then that it was in fact not happening. Following earlier reports from The Athletic that the striker – who had been in […]

    4 years ago

  • Africa Cup of Nations: Where and how to watch every game

    Africa Cup of Nations: Where and how to watch every game

    AFCON 2021 (2022) kicks off on Sunday The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2021 kicks off this weekend, as hosts Cameroon take on Burkina Faso in Olembé. The tournament will see a plethora of Premier League superstars represent their countries. The AFCON 2022 teams include the likes of Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mané, Edouard Mendy […]

    4 years ago

  • Twitter suspends accounts linked with Politics For All owner

    Twitter suspends accounts linked with Politics For All owner

    All accounts linked to the brand have been suspended by Twitter Twitter has suspended the accounts relating to online brand Politics For All, including News For All, Football For All, and the brand’s owner Nick Moar. The brand, which has seen rapid increase in popularity over the past year, has become something of a talking […]

    4 years ago

  • No Way Home becomes first pandemic film to reach $1B at box office

    No Way Home becomes first pandemic film to reach $1B at box office

    Spidey swinging to the top of the box office Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the first film to surpass $1billion at the global box office during the coronavirus pandemic. The film, which has been the subject of rife speculation online in the months leading up to its release, stars Tom Holland as the titular […]

    4 years ago

  • Cop who gave lap dance to lieutenant apologises to wife

    Cop who gave lap dance to lieutenant apologises to wife

    The video of the lap dance went viral A newly-recruited NYPD officer who went viral earlier this month after a video of her giving a lap dance to a superior officer has apologised to the officer’s wife. Vera Mekuli has apologised to the wife of Lieutenant Nick McGarry for the lap dance, saying she has […]

    4 years ago

  • Boris Johnson covid announcement expected after today’s ‘D-Day’ meeting

    Boris Johnson covid announcement expected after today’s ‘D-Day’ meeting

    UPDATE: Fresh reports are suggesting that no announcement will be made as a direct result of today’s meeting An announcement from Boris Johnson is expected soon as he holds a ‘crunch’ meeting today to review the nation’s covid data to assess whether he will plunge the UK back into restrictions ahead of the New Year. […]

    4 years ago

  • Son allegedly shoots parents on Christmas morning in $3.2m mansion

    Son allegedly shoots parents on Christmas morning in $3.2m mansion

    The 29-year-old is awaiting extradition The son of property magnate Rocco Tomassetti has been arrested after allegedly shooting his parents in their mansion on Christmas morning. Dino Tomassetti, allegedly fled the scene in a Cadillac Escalade and is awaiting extradition, according to police. Rocco Tomassetti, 65, and his wife Vinceta Marsicano-Tomassetti, 64, were reportedly shot […]

    4 years ago

  • The top 10 football photographs of 2021

    The top 10 football photographs of 2021

    What a year it’s been A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. So I won’t waste too many in this introduction. Below are the top 10 football photographs of the year, handpicked by Getty Images’ editors, accompanied by their reasoning behind selecting them. Enjoy. Messi the draft excluder “Perhaps the greatest […]

    4 years ago

  • Jury finds Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges

    Jury finds Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges

    Rittenhouse has been cleared of all charges Kyle Rittenhouse, the US teenager who shot dead two men during racial justice protests in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been cleared of homicide and all other charges against him. The 18-year-old killed the two men and wounded a third in August 2020, but claimed at his […]

    4 years ago

  • Antonio Conte pulls up John Terry for eating too many biscuits

    Antonio Conte pulls up John Terry for eating too many biscuits

    Terry has finally noticed the comment from his old boss Antonio Conte’s Chelsea days are long behind him, but that’s not to say he isn’t still keeping a close watch on what his former players are eating. Having arrived at Tottenham earlier this month, the 52-year-old has quickly imposed a ketchup ban on his players […]

    4 years ago

  • Britney Spears’ conservatorship is terminated by judge after 13 years

    Britney Spears’ conservatorship is terminated by judge after 13 years

    A judge in Los Angeles has granted Britney’s request to end the 13-year conservatorship The legal arrangement which has controlled many aspect of Britney Spears’ life for the last 13 years has been terminated, a judge in Los Angeles has confirmed. A large gathering of the pop star’s fans gathered outside the courthouse on Friday […]

    4 years ago

  • Emiliano Sala case: a timeline of key events

    Emiliano Sala case: a timeline of key events

    Emiliano Sala lost his life in a plane crash in January 2019 In January 2019, an aircraft carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who had just completed a move from Nantes to Cardiff City, disappeared from radar over the English Channel. It later emerged the plane had crashed, killing Sala and its pilot, David Ibbotson. The […]

    4 years ago

  • Emiliano Sala: David Henderson sentenced to 18 months in prison over plane crash deaths

    Emiliano Sala: David Henderson sentenced to 18 months in prison over plane crash deaths

    David Henderson will face 18 months in prison David Henderson has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after organising the flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. The single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft carrying 28-year-old Sala, who had just completed a move to Cardiff City from Nantes, crashed into the English channel […]

    4 years ago

  • TikTok star Gabriel Salazar dies aged 19 in car crash during high-speed police chase

    TikTok star Gabriel Salazar dies aged 19 in car crash during high-speed police chase

    The influencer has 2m followers on TikTok TikTok star Gabriel Salazar died on Sunday (September 26 September) in a crash during a high-speed police chase in Texas. 19-year-old Salazar, who was known as GabeNotBabe across his social media channels, was driving a white Chevrolet Camaro when officers tried to stop the vehicle at around 1.25am. […]

    4 years ago

  • BT Sport announce winner of Innovate 21 competition

    BT Sport announce winner of Innovate 21 competition

    The lucky winners will get the chance to work with BT Sport After a rigorous judging process, BT Sport have announced that AriSports as the winners of their Innovate 21 competition, rewarding the entrepreneurship and innovation behind their match-prediction platform. The brainchild of co-founders Rassim and Djewed Hariz, AriSports’ platform allows football fans to predict on-pitch […]

    4 years ago

  • Twitter account mocking De Gea’s penalty record responds to his West Ham save

    Twitter account mocking De Gea’s penalty record responds to his West Ham save

    They’ve quickly changed their name to acknowledge De Gea’s save Football Twitter can be a funny old place at times. No professional footballer – regardless of the level they play at and what they’ve achieved in their career – is immune from being the butt of someone’s joke. Take David De Gea, for example. Despite […]

    4 years ago

  • Steve Jagielka’s death was drug related, inquest concludes

    Steve Jagielka’s death was drug related, inquest concludes

    The 43-year-old passed away in March An inquest has concluded that the death of former Shrewsbury Town midfielder Steve Jagielka was drug-related. The 43-year-old, the older brother of former England defender Phil, passed away in March. He was found at his home in Telford by a cousin who was helping him move back to the […]

    4 years ago

  • House of Rugby – Signed Lions shirt competition – Terms and Conditions

    House of Rugby – Signed Lions shirt competition – Terms and Conditions

    JOE have teamed up with Vodafone to giveaway a signed Lions shirt  To enter the competition, entrants need to like the competition post on RugbyJOE Instagram and tag a friend in the comments to be in with a chance of winning  The competition opens on 27th August at 1pm and closes on 3rd September at […]

    5 years ago

  • FootballJOE writers’ 21/22 Premier League predictions

    FootballJOE writers’ 21/22 Premier League predictions

    Football is back, baby Predicting what is going to happen in a football match, or across a season, is often a completely futile task. A game dependent on thousands of factors that embraces randomness like no other consistently makes mugs of all of us who try to predict the future. But it’s a fun exercise, […]

    5 years ago

  • Spitting Image criticised for terrible Marcus Rashford puppet

    Spitting Image criticised for terrible Marcus Rashford puppet

    The puppet’s likeness to Rashford along with the timing of the decision to feature him have been questioned The creators of Spitting Image are facing a social media backlash after offering viewers a glimpse of their Marcus Rashford caricature puppet ahead of the release of the rebooted satirical show’s second season. “Let the chaos begin,” […]

    5 years ago

  • Marca criticised as article calls David Alaba “the black Sergio Ramos”

    Marca criticised as article calls David Alaba “the black Sergio Ramos”

    “He is not the black version of a white man, he is David Alaba. Period.” Spanish daily sports newspaper, Marca, has drawn criticism for an article about new Real Madrid signing, David Alaba, entitled “El Sergio Ramos negro”. The Austrian defender has now been officially unveiled as a Madrid player after completing his free transfer […]

    5 years ago

  • Terms and Conditions: Logitech Blue

    Terms and Conditions: Logitech Blue

    Terms and Conditions: Logitech Blue Prize details: One winner to win a bespoke set up to include a minimum of: 1x Logitech StreamCam, 1 x Logitech Blue microphone, 1 x set of PC speakers, 1 x desk and 1 x chair. There may be additions to this depending on the winner’s setup space in their […]

    5 years ago

  • Kaleb says Clarkson’s Farm should be renamed ‘Kaleb’s Farm’ for season 2

    Kaleb says Clarkson’s Farm should be renamed ‘Kaleb’s Farm’ for season 2

    Season Two of Clarkson’s Kaleb’s Farm is on the way, Amazon have confirmed By now, you’ll probably be aware that, despite complaints, Amazon’s hit series Clarkson’s Farm is set to return for a second series. Released in June, the show has proven a big hit on Amazon’s streaming service, with the former Top Gear host, […]

    5 years ago

  • Top tips to make your phone battery last as long as possible

    Top tips to make your phone battery last as long as possible

    Brought to you by Samsung KX We pay a price for being on our phones all the time When we buy a new phone the one thing we marvel at consistently is how much better the battery life is compared the phone we have just consigned to history. You forget, using a phone with a […]

    5 years ago

  • ‘It’s coming to Rome’ – Leonardo Bonucci sends message to England

    ‘It’s coming to Rome’ – Leonardo Bonucci sends message to England

    He could potentially be the least popular person in England right now Leonardo Bonucci celebrated Italy’s Euro 2020 final victory over England on penalties by running over to a television camera and shouting four simple words: “IT’S COMING TO ROME!” Sunday night’s final was a tense game. Luke Shaw gave England the early lead, before […]

    5 years ago

  • Dear Gareth… What England fans want to say to Southgate

    Dear Gareth… What England fans want to say to Southgate

    SO GOOD. SO GOOD. SO GOOD. English football has rarely seen a night like last night. A close-to-full Wembley Stadium rocked with the sound of Neil Diamond as England’s men put the ghosts of the past to bed and reached a major tournament final for the first time in 55 years. This has been a […]

    5 years ago

  • Terms and Conditions for Deliveroo Giveaway

    Terms and Conditions for Deliveroo Giveaway

    Enter now for your chance to win free food with Deliveroo. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: DELIVEROO Prize details:1x £20 Deliveroo Voucher for 10 people on assigned VAR call in Home Nation games. Up to 3 VAR calls per match. Below details of the terms and conditions for the Deliveroo Giveaway. Terms and Conditions To enter the […]

    5 years ago

  • Amazon Terms and Conditions

    Amazon Terms and Conditions

    Terms and Conditions 1.    The JOE Prize Draw will run between June 1st – July 11th 2.    The JOE Prize Draw offers individuals who complete the survey, available to access via https://joefans.typeform.com/to/KzGeIf3J, a chance to win 1 x £50 Amazon Voucher by submitting their email address. 3.    In order to complete the survey and enter the prize draw, individuals […]

    5 years ago

  • Amazon Terms and Conditions

    Amazon Terms and Conditions

    Terms and Conditions 1.    The JOE Prize Draw will run between 26th May 2021 – 8th July 2021 2.    The JOE Prize Draw offers individuals who complete the survey, available to access via https://joefans.typeform.com/to/KzGeIf3J, a chance to win 1 x £50 Amazon Voucher by submitting their email address. 3.    In order to complete the survey and enter the prize […]

    5 years ago

  • Carling/Umbro Terms and Conditions

    Carling/Umbro Terms and Conditions

    JOE have teamed up with Carling & Umbro to giveaway a limited edition retro inspired shirt. To enter the competition, entrants need to follow @JOE_co_uk and retweet the competition tweet. The competition opens at 4pm on 24.05.2021 and closes at 4pm on 25.05.2021 (GMT). 1x winner will be chosen. The winner will win 1 x […]

    5 years ago

  • Of course Donald Trump is launching his social media platform on July 4

    Of course Donald Trump is launching his social media platform on July 4

    Covfefe Donald Trump, bless, is aiming to launch his brand new social media platform thingy on July 4, coinciding with America’s Independence Day celebrations. Donny didn’t take his election defeat to Joe Biden all that well. There wasn’t an awful lot (try as he might) that he could have done about that. But the subsequent […]

    5 years ago

  • Family of Jordan Banks, 9, pay tribute after he was killed by lightning strike

    Family of Jordan Banks, 9, pay tribute after he was killed by lightning strike

    “Yesterday our worlds stopped” The family of Jordan Banks have paid tribute to the nine-year-old after he was tragically killed by a lightning strike on Tuesday evening. Jordan had been on playing fields in Blackpool when the thunderstorm hit at around 5pm. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries but died shortly afterwards. A […]

    5 years ago

  • Dua Lipa uses BRITs speech to call for better pay for frontline workers

    Dua Lipa uses BRITs speech to call for better pay for frontline workers

    “It’s very good to clap for them, but we need to pay them…” Dua Lipa called on Boris Johnson to give frontline workers a “fair” pay rise as she accepted the award for best British female solo artist at the BRITs on Tuesday. The government’s proposal to increase NHS staff wages by a mere 1% […]

    5 years ago

  • Mo Salah calls on Boris Johnson to condemn Israel-Palestine violence

    Mo Salah calls on Boris Johnson to condemn Israel-Palestine violence

    Salah has called on world leaders to intervene as fighting intensifies Mo Salah has called on world leaders to do everything they can to “make sure the violence and killing of innocent people stops immediately” as fighting between Israeli forces and militant groups in Gaza intensified. The Liverpool forward tweeted Boris Johnson on Tuesday, after […]

    5 years ago

  • Teacher suspended after telling class George Floyd was a “criminal”

    Teacher suspended after telling class George Floyd was a “criminal”

    Howard Zlotkin referred to the late George Floyd as a “criminal” in a tirade which was recorded on Zoom A high school teacher in America has been suspended after saying the late George Floyd was a “criminal” during an extraordinary rant aimed at his students. In a lesson delivered over Zoom on Wednesday, Howard Zlotkin […]

    5 years ago

  • Andy Murray reviews the best and worst tennis scenes from films

    Andy Murray reviews the best and worst tennis scenes from films

    Turns out people getting hit with tennis balls in the face is not as common as Hollywood would have you believe Sport and the film industry have something of a checkered past. While Hollywood has successfully portrayed the worlds of politics, crime, journalism and tiny animate toys fighting for their lives, sport has always been […]

    5 years ago